| | | Newsline | 26.11.2011 | 17:15 UTC | | | A train carrying radioactive atomic waste from France has entered Germany despite efforts by anti-nuclear protesters to block the transport. The train is headed to a storage site which activists say is unsafe.  | | |  | Already strained relations between Pakistan and the US-led NATO allies took a turn for the worse over the weekend after a lethal clash near the Afghan border. Pakistan blamed NATO, calling the incident "unprovoked."  | | | | |  | The Democratic Republic of Congo votes next week for a president and a new parliament. Ten candidates are running against President Joseph Kabila although few human rights groups think the vote will be fair.  | | | | |  | Officials in Mali say gunmen have kidnapped three Western tourists and killed a fourth in the northern town of Timbuktu. It's the second hostage-taking in the region in two days.  | | | | |  | Protesters in Cairo on Saturday continued to press their demand for Egypt's military rulers step down, rejecting the army's choice of prime minister just two days before a parliamentary vote.  | | | | |  | A deadline set by the Arab League for Syria to allow entry to observers has passed without response. The League has threatened Damascus with sanctions as the regime continues to crack down on opponents.  | | | | |  | You only miss it, when it's gone. Your homeland. But what is it? Is it a country? A feeling? Watch our series "Coming Home" and tell us what you associate with your homeland.  | | | | |  | | © 2011  | | | | | |
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